1952 AL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American
Team W L WPct GB
Seattle 100 62 .617 --
Detroit 97 65 .599 3
Minnesota 95 67 .586 5
Tampa Bay 90 72 .556 10
Cleveland 72 90 .444 28
Oakland 69 93 .426 31
New York (A) 64 98 .395 36
Boston (A) 55 107 .340 45
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers
AL League Series (4-3) Detroit Tigers over Seattle Mariners
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
SEM 6.2 1000 162 5723 1619 321 44 235 643 580 .283 .355 .478 .833
DET 5.6 913 162 5664 1651 302 42 146 702 560 .291 .370 .437 .807
MIN 5.2 843 162 5610 1586 299 42 173 547 626 .283 .346 .443 .790
TAM 5.0 817 162 5558 1509 227 33 174 656 657 .272 .348 .418 .767
CLE 4.8 777 162 5616 1468 237 26 148 601 623 .261 .333 .392 .725
OAK 4.8 775 162 5676 1513 284 40 128 536 649 .267 .330 .398 .728
NYA 4.3 703 162 5592 1395 232 33 177 522 819 .249 .314 .398 .711
BOS 4.2 673 162 5500 1346 240 34 101 545 683 .245 .313 .356 .669
Totals 5.0 6501 1296 44939 12087 2142 294 1282 4752 5197 .269 .339 .415 .754
Average   813 162 5617 1511 268 37 160 594 650  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
MIN 4.4 706 162 3.84 1445.7 1432 8.8 454 2.8 690 4.3 31
DET 4.5 722 162 4.10 1460.0 1363 8.4 617 3.8 872 5.4 31
TAM 4.6 748 162 4.24 1438.3 1496 9.2 557 3.4 624 3.9 40
SEM 4.7 764 162 4.35 1461.7 1627 10.0 400 2.5 569 3.5 23
OAK 5.3 860 162 4.99 1449.7 1472 9.1 717 4.4 777 4.8 27
CLE 5.5 889 162 5.08 1446.7 1497 9.2 729 4.5 638 3.9 26
NYA 5.7 927 162 5.20 1441.0 1533 9.5 713 4.4 732 4.5 23
BOS 5.8 947 162 5.42 1431.7 1595 9.8 706 4.4 553 3.4 17
Totals 5.1 6563 1296 4.65 11574.6 12015 9.3 4893 3.8 5455 4.2 218
Average   820 162   1447 1502   612   682   27
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DET 98 64 -1 7 15 10 6 2 20 0.97 0.97 2,427,995   Pie Traynor
MIN 94 68 1 6 13 7 4 3 22 1.07 1.02 2,267,793   Joe Kuhel
CLE 71 91 1 3 8 2 0 1 13 1.14 1.04 968,006   Jason Morton
SEM 101 61 -1 3 17 0 1 3 34 0.99 0.88 2,381,518   Peter Fletcher
TAM 88 74 2 3 16 0 0 2 20 0.92 0.89 2,314,197   Ricky Sanford
NYA 61 101 3 2 14 0 0 2 24 1.05 1.08 951,167   Jason Spiegel
BOS 56 106 -1 1 5 0 0 1 0 0.94 0.97 1,682,345   Brian Rodgers
OAK 73 89 -4 0 20 0 6 2 16 0.99 0.87 1,775,412   Marwan Najdawi
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
SEM 300 161.99 96.77 41.22 8.33 1.64 8.17 6.07 5.35 11.68
DET 291 142.02 99.69 49.27 4.16 3.37 6.82 7.57 8.63 18.73
MIN 285 117.87 122.03 45.07 13.17 1.64 7.41 4.92 6.66 11.28
TAM 270 128.61 98.17 43.20 7.68 3.79 8.94 3.53 6.66 12.61
CLE 216 91.90 79.75 44.33 9.48 2.98 5.94 4.03 6.38 15.53
OAK 207 98.29 68.73 39.93 9.12 5.01 1.18 4.14 9.16 11.33
NYA 192 83.37 69.28 39.31 4.27 4.51 7.44 3.17 9.17 10.76
BOS 165 82.66 51.50 30.82 7.18 2.39 4.71 4.22 6.10 6.23
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Ted Williams DET .350, 39 HR, 149 RBI
Platinum Arm: Bob Rush MIN 23-16, 3.25, 343.7 IP, 169 K
Bronze Rookie: Gene Conley OAK 21-11, 4.10, 303.0 IP, 140 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Joe Haynes SEM .981, 30 PO, 76 A, 2 E
C Roy Campanella MIN .995, 552 PO, 46 A, 3 E
44.4% (16-36) Runners Thrown Out
1B Duke Snider MIN .986, 1676 PO, 104 A, 25 E
2B Bill Serena SEM .979, 270 PO, 559 A, 18 E
3B Vern Stephens SEM .968, 90 PO, 401 A, 16 E
SS Danny O'Connell SEM .981, 202 PO, 613 A, 16 E
LF Gene Woodling TAM .997, 307 PO, 2 A, 1 E
CF Whitey Lockman CLE .993, 390 PO, 13 A, 3 E
RF Hank Edwards TAM .989, 269 PO, 3 A, 3 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
WilliamsDET.350
EnnisMIN.345
WyrostekDET.340
JohnsonDET.335
DimaggioMIN.335
On-Base Pct
WilliamsDET.479
WoodlingTAM.416
WyrostekDET.410
HattonTAM.410
EnnisMIN.404
Slugging Pct
WilliamsDET.655
SniderMIN.616
EnnisMIN.607
MusialSEM.605
LukonSEM.583
OPS
WilliamsDET1.135
EnnisMIN1.011
SniderMIN.997
SerenaSEM.964
LukonSEM.964
XR
WilliamsDET156.7
SniderMIN125.1
Kluszewski 118.9
EnnisMIN118.5
WertzSEM115.6
Games
SeereyNYA158
WilliamsDET157
HarrisBOS156
HartsfieldNYA156
LewisNYA156
At-Bats
WyrostekDET629
JudnichDET623
CoxDET618
Kluszewski 618
ReiserTAM611
Runs
WilliamsDET138
WertzSEM129
Kluszewski 124
ReiserTAM120
SniderMIN117
Hits
WyrostekDET214
EnnisMIN193
WilliamsDET193
DimaggioMIN190
JohnsonDET189
Total Bases
WilliamsDET361
SniderMIN354
Kluszewski 345
WertzSEM343
EnnisMIN340
Singles
WyrostekDET159
JohnsonDET139
LockmanCLE135
JudnichDET134
HattonTAM129
Doubles
SniderMIN46
WilliamsDET41
WyrostekDET41
CavarrettaSEM40
ThomsonMIN38
Triples
LewisNYA9
Noren 9
ReiserTAM9
ThomsonMIN8
LukonSEM7
Homeruns
WertzSEM45
SniderMIN43
Kluszewski 41
WilliamsDET39
McDougaldCLE34
RBIs
WilliamsDET149
Kluszewski 137
NiemanDET130
McDougaldCLE124
WertzSEM124
Stolen Bases
StirnweissDET47
ReiserTAM34
GionfriddoMIN33
HattonTAM21
SullivanTAM17
Caught Stealing
ReiserTAM25
StirnweissDET18
HattonTAM13
GionfriddoMIN11
DarkMIN8
Walks
WilliamsDET143
WoodlingTAM122
SeereyNYA106
GionfriddoMIN102
HattonTAM98
Strikeouts
SeereyNYA142
SeminickTAM134
SniderMIN134
LucadelloOAK92
JudnichDET87
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
RushMIN3.25
MillerMIN3.29
WhiteMIN3.45
MastersonDET3.50
HaynesSEM3.53
Wins
RushMIN 23
DobsonTAM 22
Conley  21
HaynesSEM 21
PierceTAM 21
Losses
LemonBOS 24
RigneyBOS 21
HenryCLE 17
KielyTAM 17
NewcombeNYA 17
Winning Pct
MillerMIN.741
HackerSEM.714
DonovanSEM.700
HaynesSEM.677
PierceTAM.677
Saves
KennedyMIN 22
FanninSEM 13
PorterfieldTAM 12
WerleDET 11
BrancaTAM 10
Games Pitched
LandrumNYA 83
FanninSEM 79
PorterfieldTAM 79
ThompsonCLE 79
KlineNYA 77
Games Started
HaynesSEM 44
KielyTAM 44
PierceTAM 44
RushMIN 44
Scheib  43
Complete Games
MastersonDET 17
RushMIN 15
HaynesSEM 13
RutherfordBOS 13
HackerSEM 11
Shutouts
MastersonDET 4
RushMIN 4
HaynesSEM 3
Scheib  3
EmbreeDET 2
Innings Pitched
HaynesSEM349.7
RushMIN343.7
MastersonDET331.7
PierceTAM320.0
WhiteMIN318.3
Hits Allowed
HaynesSEM 404
RushMIN 352
RutherfordBOS 336
Conley  324
DobsonTAM 323
Homeruns Allowed
MastersonDET 40
RigneyBOS 38
BlackCLE 37
Scheib  36
SchanzOAK 35
Strikeouts
PolletDET 252
Scheib  218
WhiteMIN 212
PierceTAM 211
EmbreeDET 198
Walks Allowed
PolletDET 196
LemonBOS 173
SucheckiCLE 138
NewcombeNYA 130
PierceTAM 128
Walks per 9IP
RushMIN1.5
HackerSEM1.6
HaynesSEM2.0
HutchinsonSEM2.0
ChipmanMIN2.1
Hits per 9IP
PolletDET6.5
Hughes 7.6
EmbreeDET7.7
PierceTAM7.9
WhiteMIN8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
PolletDET7.9
EmbreeDET6.9
Scheib 6.4
NewcombeNYA6.2
Hughes 6.1
WHiP
RushMIN1.19
MillerMIN1.19
Jansen 1.24
MastersonDET1.25
HenryCLE1.27
OAVG
PolletDET.203
EmbreeDET.229
Hughes .230
PierceTAM.235
WhiteMIN.235
OOBP
RushMIN.295
MillerMIN.296
Jansen .301
MastersonDET.302
WhiteMIN.304
OSLG
MillerMIN.340
PolletDET.346
RushMIN.346
Hughes .355
EmbreeDET.368
OOPS
MillerMIN.636
RushMIN.641
PolletDET.675
EmbreeDET.676
PierceTAM.680
   
League All-Stars
Yogi Berra Gene Conley Joe Dimaggio
Joe Dobson Del Ennis Grady Hatton
Joe Haynes Gil Hodges Billy Johnson
Wally Judnich Bill Kennedy Whitey Lockman
Gil McDougald Bob Miller Howie Pollet
Bob Porterfield Saul Rogovin Carl Scheib
Duke Snider Snuffy Stirnweiss Bobby Thomson
Vic Wertz Ted Williams Johnny Wyrostek
George Zuverink  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Gene Woodling TAM $ 15,500,000  
2.    Ted Williams DET $ 15,340,000  
3.    Stan Musial SEM $ 13,000,000  
4.    Elmer Valo NYA $ 12,785,000  
5.    Pete Reiser TAM $ 11,000,000  
6.    Ed Head NYA $ 10,000,000  
7.    Joe Dimaggio MIN $ 9,000,000  
8.    Howie Pollet DET $ 8,500,000  
9.    Pat Seerey NYA $ 8,000,000  
  Grady Hatton TAM $ 8,000,000  
11.    Buddy Lewis NYA $ 7,800,000  
12.    Bob Chipman MIN $ 7,500,000  
  Wally Judnich DET $ 7,500,000  
14.    Phil Cavarretta SEM $ 7,000,000  
15.    Bud Byerly BOS $ 6,410,000  
16.    Bob Rush MIN $ 6,228,571  
17.    Joe Schultz SEM $ 6,000,000  
  Sid Gordon TAM $ 6,000,000  
  Vern Stephens SEM $ 6,000,000  
20.    Joe Haynes SEM $ 5,800,000  
21.    Del Ennis MIN $ 5,670,000  
22.    Gil Hodges NYA $ 5,290,000  
23.    Ernie White MIN $ 5,280,000  
24.    Billy Cox DET $ 5,240,000  
25.    Hank Edwards TAM $ 5,000,000  
  Ned Harris BOS $ 5,000,000  
  Johnny Pesky MIN $ 5,000,000  
  Jeff Heath SEM $ 5,000,000  
  Stan Spence BOS $ 5,000,000